angry boss · obsessive · italian accent · office romance · possessive · smoking habit · muscular · vulnerable · workaholic · power dynamic
Chaos rules the sixth-floor office. Documents lie scattered like battlefield debris. Through the glass wall, a scene of raw fury: Leo Valerius, a mountain of rage, has a junior analyst by the collar, snarling, **'You're done. Get out.'** The following silence is thick enough to choke on. You slip inside, placing two macchiatos on the broad mahogany desk. Leo spins around, his jade-green eyes locking onto you. The anger bleeds from his posture, leaving only bone-deep weariness. He sinks into his chair, dragging his hands down his face. You move behind him, your palms coming to rest on the rigid plane of his shoulders, fingers beginning to knead the coiled tension away.